Lista Lighthouse () is a
coastal lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
located at the western side of the
Lista
Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municip ...
peninsula, a short distance northwest of the village of
Vestbygd in the municipality of
Farsund
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...
in
Agder
Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...
county,
Norway
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. The lighthouse sits on a cape on the edge of the
Listafjorden which marks the extreme southwestern edge of the mainland of Norway. The lighthouse had a foghorn that was used from 1877 until 1987. In 1937, the station began emitting a
racon signal of the
morse code
Morse code is a telecommunications method which Character encoding, encodes Written language, text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''. Morse code i ...
letter "G".
The tall unpainted granite tower was first lit in 1836, but it was rebuilt in 1853. The light sits at an elevation of and it emits a white flash of light every four seconds. The 1,026,000-
candela
The candela (symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a light source in a particular direction. Luminous intensity is analogous to radi ...
light can be seen in all directions for up to .
In 2003, the station was automated and the buildings were turned over to
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...
county. The site is now used as a museum that is open daily during the summer months.
Media gallery
Lista Fyr Leuchtturm 1836 Denkmalschutz Bauwerkshöhe 34 westlich Farsund lufthavn und nordwestlich Vestbygd Norwegen Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1227.jpg, Lighthouse "Lista Fyr" built 1836 with a 34 m granite tower
Lista Fyr Leuchtturm 1836 Laterne Höhe 39 Lichtstärke 1026 kcd Reichweite 17 sm 32 km westlich Farsund lufthavn Vest-Agder Norwegen Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1235.jpg, Lighthouse lantern in a height of 39 m reaching 17 nautical miles
Wetterstation westlich vom Farsund lufthavn auf dem Gelände vom Leuchtturm Lista Fyr Norwegen Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1236.jpg, Weather station near the lighthouse
See also
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Lighthouses in Norway
*
List of lighthouses in Norway
References
External links
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Lighthouses completed in 1836
Lighthouses in Agder
Listed lighthouses in Norway
Farsund
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